Does anyone have the lyrics to "Ah, Leave Me Not" from The Pirates of Penzance?

Question

My friend was playing it for me the other day and I really liked it, so I bought the song on iTunes. Long story short, I want the lyrics so I can sing along with the recording because it might be some time before I can lay my hands on the sheet music.

Answer 1

MABEL
Ah, leave me not to pine
Alone and desolate;
No fate seemed fair as mine,
No happiness so great!
And Nature, day by day,
Has sung in accents clear
This joyous roundelay,
"He loves thee-- he is here.
Fa-la, la-la, Fa-la, la-la.
He loves thee-- he is here.
Fa-la, la-la, Fa-la."

FREDERIC
Ah, must I leave thee here
In endless night to dream,
Where joy is dark and drear,
And sorrow all supreme--
Where nature, day by day,
Will sing, in altered tone,
This weary roundelay,
"He loves thee-- he is gone.
Fa-la, la-la, Fa-la, la-la.
He loves thee-- he is gone.
Fa-la, la-la, Fa-la."

FREDERIC
In 1940 I of age shall be,
I'll then return, and claim you--I declare it!

MABEL
It seems so long!

FREDERIC
Swear that, till then, you will be true to me.

MABEL
Yes, I'll be strong!
By all the Stanleys dead and gone, I swear it!

ENSEMBLE
Oh, here is love, and here is truth,
And here is food for joyous laughter:
He (she) will be faithful to his (her) sooth
Till we are wed, and even after.
Oh, here is love, etc.

(FREDERIC rushes to window and leaps out)

MABEL (almost fainting)
No, I am brave!
Oh, family descent,
How great thy charm, thy sway how excellent!
Come one and all, undaunted men in blue,
A crisis, now, affairs are coming to!

It's been a while since I've seen this show, so I don't remember it well. If that's not the whole thing, here's a link to the whole show :-)

Answer 2

Pirates Of Penzance Lyrics

Answer 3

Its at this website. Click on the link it will take you straight to the lyrics.

http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/pirates/web_op/pirates21.html